Drexel University-ACE Program Fall '09

Thanks Hidden Cat, did you end up paying less than $2000 for all your books? (I did not even spend this much for books in my undergraduate degree two years ago)

I spent probably $2500 for textbooks, review books, etc. But, those can be sold back or to the next cohort, just expect to put a lot out of pocket! Don't but certain books, you can borrow every textbook on reserve in the library, and you can generally figure out which books are necessary within the first few weeks of class. Doesn't anyone want my scrub tops? Please, medium, unisex, and free! I don't need these horrible yellow things around my house, haunting me for the rest of my life!

I haven't bought them yet, because I want to wait until we get the list at orientation *just in case.* But the estimates I've gotten from bigwords so far are around $400-$500 (omitting a few books like Calculating with Confidence since I already have it, APA and I'm going to hold on the medical terminology book because I have one, just another publisher but I'm hoping it will do).

I'm starting in the fall too, so I don't know what the end cost will be, but I definitely will avoid the college bookstore and its insane markup.

Hey vundernurse,
I was reading about your free tops for the program. If you still have them I'd love to take them off your hands.. I was just accepted into the 2010 spring program and am SO excited!

Look forward to hearing from you!

Hi, all! I'm excited to start ACE this fall. The booklist is now up on the Barnes & Noble site, just in case you were wondering about it like I was a few minutes ago...

The Fall 09 booklist isn't going to be out until orientation. People do have the booklist for Spring 2009, and if you go to the Drexel bookstore website and put your classes in, you can see what books are there.

Thanks, Hiddencat!
I just ordered the ones from the Barnes & Noble Drexel bookstore list through a different website I like to use called abebooks.com. I managed to get every book used except Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and saved a lot of money by buying the next to newest editions. I figure any discrepancies will be covered in class. Not all the courses have books posted so far, but I ordered all those posted, including the one I couldn't get on abebooks but ordered through the B&N Drexel bookstore site, for under $225, including shipping. Buying older editions can really save you dough!

Hi!

I'm new here, and I will be attending the Drexel ACE BSN program this Fall, which is actually only a couple of weeks away. I'm excited and nervous. Was anyone here at the CPR/AED American Red Cross certification course on Aug. 24th in Philly? If so, then I was there, and we might have seen each other....but unfortunately didn't get to properly meet & introduce ourselves.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to orientation. I'm curious about how the clinical rotations work, especially how they fit into our class schedule(s). I really hope this program is good and will pay off. This will actually be my 2nd degree. I graduated form Drexel in 2006 with a BS in Psychology and had a very difficult time finding a decent job. After months of searching, I ended up working at a previous co-op employer for very little money, and then lost that job due to the poor economy.

In regards to the books, I've found great deals on Alibris.com and Half.com. Amazon is of course also good. Barnse & Noble has had some decent prices lately and very fast free shipping on new books.

I have books from first quarter that I would like to to sell if any of you are interested. Just PM me.

I probably spent about $1200 for the whole year. You don't need all the books that they "require," and lots of the textbooks are on reserve at the library. Use your judgment and be careful about buying all the books on the syllabus until you can tell what you'll really need.

Christina